diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
index a185678..728ecd1 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
@@ -825,6 +825,7 @@ static int virtio_balloon_register_shrinker(struct virtio_balloon *vb)
 static int virtballoon_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 {
 	struct virtio_balloon *vb;
+	__u32 poison_val;
 	int err;
 
 	if (!vdev->config->get) {
@@ -892,6 +893,11 @@ static int virtballoon_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 		vb->num_free_page_blocks = 0;
 		spin_lock_init(&vb->free_page_list_lock);
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&vb->free_page_list);
+		if (virtio_has_feature(vdev, VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_PAGE_POISON)) {
+			memset(&poison_val, PAGE_POISON, sizeof(poison_val));
+			virtio_cwrite(vb->vdev, struct virtio_balloon_config,
+				      poison_val, &poison_val);
+		}
 	}
 	/*
 	 * We continue to use VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_DEFLATE_ON_OOM to decide if a
@@ -992,6 +998,9 @@ static int virtballoon_restore(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 
 static int virtballoon_validate(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 {
+	if (!page_poisoning_enabled())
+		__virtio_clear_bit(vdev, VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_PAGE_POISON);
+
 	__virtio_clear_bit(vdev, VIRTIO_F_IOMMU_PLATFORM);
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1001,6 +1010,7 @@ static unsigned int features[] = {
 	VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_STATS_VQ,
 	VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_DEFLATE_ON_OOM,
 	VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_FREE_PAGE_HINT,
+	VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_PAGE_POISON,
 };
 
 static struct virtio_driver virtio_balloon_driver = {
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/virtio_balloon.h b/include/uapi/linux/virtio_balloon.h
index 47c9eb4..a1966cd7 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/virtio_balloon.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/virtio_balloon.h
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #define VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_STATS_VQ	1 /* Memory Stats virtqueue */
 #define VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_DEFLATE_ON_OOM	2 /* Deflate balloon on OOM */
 #define VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_FREE_PAGE_HINT	3 /* VQ to report free pages */
+#define VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_PAGE_POISON	4 /* Guest is using page poisoning */
 
 /* Size of a PFN in the balloon interface. */
 #define VIRTIO_BALLOON_PFN_SHIFT 12
@@ -48,6 +49,8 @@ struct virtio_balloon_config {
 	__u32 actual;
 	/* Free page report command id, readonly by guest */
 	__u32 free_page_report_cmd_id;
+	/* Stores PAGE_POISON if page poisoning is in use */
+	__u32 poison_val;
 };
 
 #define VIRTIO_BALLOON_S_SWAP_IN  0   /* Amount of memory swapped in */